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Linguistic File, circa 1500-1915 | |||||||||||||
Non-linguistic File, 1492-1915 | |||||||||||||
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
The papers of Rodolfo R. Schuller, Americanist and linguist, were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1913 and delivered to the Library in three installments between 1913 and 1915. A portion was transferred to the Manuscript Division from the Latin American, Portuguese and Spanish Division in 1976.
The papers of Rodolfo R. Schuller were outlined in topical order by Howard F. Cline in 1960. The collection was expanded and revised in 1996. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
An item list using the descriptions written by Schuller when he delivered the papers to the Library, with an addition by Karen Linn Femia, is available in the Manuscript Reading Room.
A cartographic bibliography and many maps have been transferred to the Geography and Map Division where they are identified as part of the Rodolfo R. Schuller Papers.
Other papers of Rodolfo R. Schuller can be found in the Carl A. Kroch Library of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and the Latin American Library of Tulane University, New Orleans, La.
It is the researcher's responsibility to determine requirements of domestic copyright laws and international treaties and conventions.
The papers of Rodolfo R. Schuller are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Rodolfo R. Schuller, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Date | Event |
| 1873, Dec. 25 | Born Rudolf Riemel Schuller near Vienna, Austria |
| circa 1893 | Came to the Americas |
| 1899 | Defended his doctoral dissertation, school unknown |
| 1904 | In Montevideo, Uruguay. Spent time in Buenos Aires, Argentina, either before or after Montevideo |
| 1906-1907 | Published several articles in Santiago, Chile |
| 1908 | Worked on the border dispute between Peru and Bolivia |
| 1909 | Employed by the library of the Museum Emilio Goeldi, Belém
do Pará, Brazil Nominated a corresponding member of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute while in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1911 | Developed project for the National Library, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil Traveled to Madrid and Seville, Spain |
| 1912 | Attended the Eighteenth Congress of Americanists, London,
England Resigned his position at the Museum Emilio Goeldi because the state government of Pará, Brazil, could no longer pay his salary |
| 1913 | Attended the Nineteenth Congress of Americanists, Washington, D.C., as a delegate from the National Library, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1914 | Probably in Bahia, Brazil |
| circa 1915-1917 | In Chicago, Ill. |
| 1917-1921 | Returned to and lived mostly in Vienna, Austria, following the severance of diplomatic relations between the United States and Austria |
| 1921-circa 1929 | Lived in Mexico City and researched indigenous groups for the Mexican government; affiliated with the Anthropology Department, National University of Mexico |
| 1925 | Visited San Salvador |
| 1926 | In New Orleans, La.; returned to Mexico |
| 1928 | Visited San José, Costa Rica, and Guatemala |
| 1929 | Worked at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1932, Jan. 18 | Died while attending a conference, Barranquilla, Colombia |
The papers of Rodolfo R. Schuller (1873-1932) span the years 1492-1915. Almost all documents dated earlier than the twentieth century are handwritten copies of documents made by Schuller between 1908 and 1915. The original documents resided in repositories in Europe and North and South America. In addition to copying documents, Schuller created an extensive bibliography. The historical documents pertain to native languages and cultures of Latin America, cartography, and the discovery and exploration of the New World. Original research and field notes by Schuller, mostly concerning linguistic matters, and many lengthy, unpublished manuscripts by Schuller are also included among his papers. Documents are in Spanish, Portuguese, German, and English as well as Central and South American Indian languages. The papers are particularly strong in Brazilian/Amazonian topics.
When the Schuller Papers came to the Library of Congress, they were kept in the order in which they arrived. In 1960 Howard F. Cline, director of the Hispanic Foundation, outlined a topical order for the papers. The present arrangement is based upon the Cline outline and incorporates a large bibliographic card file that had been separated from the rest of the collection in 1913.
The papers are divided into two series: a Linguistic File and a Non-linguistic File. Items in the first series pertain to one or more native Latin American languages. Although items occasionally compare two or three languages, this is not evident from the container list alone, and the appendix should also be consulted. The Non-linguistic File is a mixture of historical, cartographic, anthropological, and bibliographical material.
The Schuller Papers also contain material from anthropologist Alberto Vojtěch Frič (1882-1944) who worked mostly in the Amazon region of Brazil (see items 34, 39, 78-93, 108 and 178). Included are unpublished manuscripts, a collection of myths, ethnographic notes, and photographs. Item 208 is a collection of original letters, 1871-1878, written by American geologist Charles Frederick Hartt (1840-1878). See also items 35, 41.7, 51, and 95 for Hartt's notes on linguistic matters.
Biographical information on Schuller is both scarce and incomplete. The information used for the Biographical Note was taken from Museu Paraense Emilío Goeldi, Inventário Analítico do Fundo Rudolf Schuller (Belém, 1987), pp.84-86.
This collection is arranged in two series:
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